Islanding

Kenneth Muir
Nov 4 · 2 min read
Photo by Benjamin Behre on Unsplash

Verdigris copper,

bare mountains rising from dust.

The old ones say naught.

Everything broken: crosses,

houses, empires, eons, time.

Go. See your old friends.

Go to see them in their dens.

Their fur rotten.

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Kenneth Muir

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Ken Muir’s writing explores the complex interconnections of memory and place, and examines our need for restoration of family, friendship, and honest living.

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